I know, I know, he could never hope to pull off the role of an iconic bad ass. What experience does he have playing that anyway?

]]>By: creightonchaneyhttp://www.dreadcentral.com/news/18029/timothy-olyphant-in-the-running-for-snake-plissken/#comment-30666
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-30666I don’t think this movie needs remade at all… never the less, if it does, I’d rather see a good seasoned actor (nothing against Olyphant, but he struck me as way too green for the Hitman character, and Plisken is not even in his ballpark.) suiting up in the eye patch and camo pants. I’d prefer someone like Thomas Jane or hell… here is a stretch, maybe David Hayter, since Hideo Kojima did base Solid Snake on Snake Plisken, and Hayter has been in a few flicks (sure nothing to write home about, but they were fun). However I believe the best Snake Plisken is Kurt Friggin’ Russell, and why doesn’t Hollywood just give Carpenter and Russell the money to do a sequel or something. Or just do the animated movie that was mentioned some 5 years ago that never saw the light of day, and leave the original alone. Even though I mentioned the creators doing another sequel, EFLA happened (and I find it a guilty pleasure, but it is not a great movie, and more or less rehashes the first), so maybe Hollywood should leave the franchise alone.

P.S. the short lived comic book could be a good source for a Carpenter/Russell movie.